Bed-pan.



J. BURKAM BED PAN. APPLICATION FILED JAN.28,1911.

1,093,530. Patented Apr.- 14, 1914.

ammo/whom JACOB BURKAM, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BED-PAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. M, 1914;.

Application filed January 28, 1911. Serial No. 605,310.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, JACOB BURKAM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Bed-Pans, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to bed pans, and the object of the invention isto provide an article of this character which is of a simple and durableconstruction and which is so formed as to effectively sustain itselfupon the mattress of a bed and to accommodate itself to the anatomy ofthe patient so that the said pan may be used with comfort.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a bed pan' having asubstantially flattened base or bottom, curved sides and a top or seatcurved at its rear portion and sloping toward the front of the pan, thesides of the pan adjacent the rear portion thereof being inclined towardthe edge of the curved portion of the top and the pan is provided with adoor or closure for the space between the rear wall and the curved edgeof the seat so that splattering of the bed clothing is prevented andalso whereby the contents of the pan may be emptied without danger ofspilling. The normally closed portion also provides a means whereby theparts of the patient using the pan become accessible for treatment bythe nurse.

With the above objects in view, the inven tion resides in the novelconstruction and formation of bed pans hereinafter set forth andparticularly pointed out in the claim, hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bedpan constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is acentral, longitudinal view of the same.

The numeral 1 designates the bed pan, which is preferably constructed ofsome suitable non-corrosive metal such as galvanized iron, block tin,aluminum or the like. This pan has its bottom portion 2 substantiallyflattened at the center thereof, while its forward end convergesgracefully from the said central port-ion and its rear is formed in anabrupt curve which terminates a considerable distance above the frontedge and this curved portion forms what may be termed the rear wall ofthe pan,

The sides 3, which are connected in any desired manner with the edges ofthe bottom, are bulged outwardly at their central portions and fromthence converge in opposite directions toward both the front and rear ofthe bottom. The sides 3 at their rear portions have their upper edgesinclined downwardly a suitable distance from their polnts of connectionwith the rear and upturned portion of the device formed by the bottom 2,as designated by the numerals 4:, and are from thence curved upwardly asat 5. The sides are vertically straight and are from their upwardlycurved portions con tinued downwardly in a substantially straight line,terminating in almost a point at the front edge of the bot-tom 2.

The top plate 6, may, if desired be formed from the same sheet ofmaterial as the bottom 2 and the said top is shaped to correspond to theshape of the sides to which the edges of the top are secured. The top 6is provided with the usual opening and the said top terminates at thepoints of juncture of the inclined edges 4 and the upturned portions 5of the sides 8. By this arrangement it will be noted that an open spaceis left between the seat or top and the rear wall of the pan, and thisspace is normally closed through the medium of a door 7, which ishingedly connected as at 8 with the edge of the downwardly curved end ofthe top or seat 6.

All of the edges of the pan are smooth or rounded and from the abovedescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it willbe noted that the pan is so adapted as to be readily slid beneath thepatient; that the door 7 arranged below the plane of the seat providesmeans whereby the parts of the patient projecting through the opening ofthe pan may be treated while the pan is in use; that the upwardly curvedend of the pan directs the contents thereof away from the body of thepan, when the latter is emptied; and that the cover 7 notonly serves asa battle to assist in the direction of the matter from the pan, but alsoprevents the escape of odor from the pan when in use.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new, is

A bed pan comprising abottom having its rearward portion graduallyextending upwardly and forming the rear wall of the pan, sides securedto the bottom and being higher than the rear wall at a point spacedinwardly from and above the rear wall, and

end of the rear wall, aseat secured to the sides and terminating at thejuncture where the sides are abruptly inclined upwardly, a

cover hingedly connected to the terminal end of the seat and adapted toclose the space between the seat and the rear wall, the said 10 coverbeing limited in its path of movement by the seat.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

JACOB BURKAM. l/Vitnesses:

BENJAMIN BLATTEIs,

FANNIE PRUNER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

